Walkable Cities in High Density China: Livable, Healthy and Sustainable

Modern Chinese cities, which have developed at a rapid speed and on a massive scale for about thirty years, are confronted with many challenges to becoming more livable, healthy and sustainable. Among a variety of design principles this book suggests that walkability is the fundamental principle to improving quality of life. A walkable city provides a convenient and comfortable walking and cycling environment for all local residents. This book attempts to explore the design innovation of creating a walkable city and to propose solutions within the high-density cities Shenzhen and Shanghai. Selected cases include an urban village in Shenzhen and the CBD and a workers' community in Shanghai as different spatial examples to which to apply specific design strategies for a livable, healthy and sustainable city.

Lan Wang is a Professor at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning in Tongji University. She holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in Urban Planning and Design from Tongji University. She attended University of Chicago, Illinois, for her PhD in Urban Planning and Policy. She has been the Assistant Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning in Tongji University since July 2014, and the Secretary General of the National Steering Committee of China Urban and Rural Planning Education since 2010. She is both a Senior Urban Development Specialist for Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Urban Regeneration Consultant for World Bank, and also serves as the Deputy Director of ADB-Tongji University Urban Knowledge Hub. Her current research interest includes healthy cities, urban regeneration, new town development and strategic planning in globalizing cities.